Combination container and massage brush



July 12, 1960 s. w. HARRIS COMBINATION CONTAINER AND MASSAGE BRUSH FiledSept. 12, 1957 a W R m N m. a W NH T m m m usually in, the nature of aglass jar or the 2,944,273 COMBINATION CONTAINER AND MASSAGE BRUSHStephen W. Harris, Kansas City, Mo., assignor to Lucky TigerManufacturing Company, Kansas City, Mo., a

"Ihisdnventionrelates to hair grooming structure and more particularlyto a combination container and massage brush adapted for. facilitatingapplication of substances I to the hair which tend to make the sanielstay' in place. It is-the most important object of this invention ,ItO'

provide'an- 'applicator and massage device including a UnitedStatesPatent i brush element having a; novel handle releasably connected1 I thereto 'whi'cli b'not only "serves I as-convenient means for 7moving 7 so as to receive an ;additional readilyaccessible position; 1

brush through the hair; but 'also is constructed {supply of material in.a

' Anotherimportantxgbje'ctf f theinventionris, to provide anl'applicator'and mas'sage device :as described wherein the! handle cornprises gan.elongated,.-hollow, cupasha'ped component adapted to; receive thematerial to bexapplied to .the hair. aridwhichis con'structedso as tobe, releasably attached ito-thebrjush elementjso that. the brush elementmayibe'. moved through thehair by graspingv the handle component at apointremote fromithe brush. I a Alsoanimportant objectof the inventionis siprrbf anapplicator and massage device whichurnay b'e constructed ofreadilyavailable glass jars; or thelike by merely releasably securing tothe jar in covering relationship to the open end thereof; a brushelement uniquely configured'so that" thegsame'remains secured to the jarwhen the jar is grasped as a handle and the brush element therportant'objectof the'inventipn is to provide la pplipator";and massagedevice" as referred-to above 8 1 imaytbe either r elea'sably; attachedto the jar in coveringrelationship to the-open end-thereof, or rna'y bedisposed overja cap. initially"= positio the; jardefiningthe opening.- 1

Irithe drawing: 1 :Fig. lais a plan view of an applicator and massagedevi' eii Y "Fig- '2 isa" vertical, cross-sectional view of the deviceillustrated -in FigI-l; a l Fig. 3 is a similar vertical,cross-sectional view of another form of the device; and

of. thejnvention.

The applicator and 1 andZ of the drawing is broadly designated thereinby the numeral 10.

Device 10 includes abrush element 12 and combinath f pr v? i.Figf4-lisaa fragmentary vertical, cross-sectional! view Q ed on. theneck ef massage device illustrated Figs.

tion material-receiving and handle structure 14. Structure 14 comprisesan elongated, hollow, cylindrical, cupshaped, relatively thin walledcomponent 16 which is most like. Component 16 is provided with a neck 18at one end thereof which defines a circular opening 20 and as isillustrated in Fig. 2, neck 18 is ofiset inwardly with respect to theside Wall 22 of component 16. A bottom wall 24 closes the opposite end.of component 16 and the outermost surface of neck 18 is suitablythreaded as at 26.

Detachably secured to component -16 in' covering relationship to opening20, is a closure cap broadly numer Patented July 12, 1960 e ce ated28,'which includes an end 30 normally disposed in covering relationshipto neck 18 and an annular band 32 which is integral with the peripheraledge of end 30 and extends outwardly from one face of the latter inperpendicular relationship to end 30. If desired, a protective insert 34of wax-impregnated paper or the like may be provided within closure cap28 which prevents material 36 in component 16 from reaching metallic cap28.

As is apparent in Fig.2, band 32 is formed so as to presentinwardly-extending threads 38 which are adapted to complementally engagethreaded portion 26 of neck 18. The outermost end of band 32 is turnedoutwardly and rebent upon itself to form a round bead 40.

Brush element 12 is suitably fitted over closure cap 28,

and includes a circular, substantially planar member 42,

'and a plurality of frusto-conical, relatively closely spaced,substantially-parallelfingers 44 secured to the, face 46 of. p, member42 and; extending outwardly ztli'erefrom'i*-iinisubstantiallyperpendicular: relationship 5 to the plane of V face46; a h H An annularwall 48is-secure'd .to the" peripheral edge of member 42 and extendsoutwardly "from face50 of member42 in a direction'away from fingers 44.":Wall 48 7 presents an annular flangewhich is substantially' perpenadicularto face 50 and the-innermost 'arcuate surface 52 is shown in Fig.2, the distance between member 42 and bead 54 is slightly greater thanthe distance between end face of wall22.

It can now beascertained that-device 10 is especially adaptediforfacilitating applicationof material 36 to the hair or the likeandaddition'ally,"is constructed to facili-z tate'rnass'agin'gof the.scalfwithlfingers 44.

-.It can be appreciated that cap 28 may be unscrewed from neck. 18 whileelement 12 is positioned-thereon by merely grasping wall .48 andtwisting the same in a directionrt'o un'screw'cap 28 from neckg18.flThus, material 36 may be removed from component 16 and either placeddirectly on the hainor on fingersi44 for subsequentzap plication. Uponreplacement of cap 28 and element 12,

fingers '44 may be'utili'zed to massage the scalp or the like bygrasping componentY16 and'using the same as a handle tovrnove element12;

The overlapping of beads 54 and 40 is to be emphasized because suchoverlapping prevents displacement of element 12 from cap 28duringremoval of the latter from compon'entx16 and also during use ofcomponent 16 as a handle tomoveelement .12 in application ofmaterial36.andmassaging of theis'calp. m

ci lh'e device illustratedin'Fig. 3iincludes an applicator and massagedevice which includes'combination material-receiving and handlestructure 114 and a brush element 112. Structure 114 includes acomponent 116 constructed identical to the component 16 illustrated inFigs.

1 and 2 and, therefore,is provided with a cylindrical side wall 122, abottom wall 124, a neck 118 disposed in in- 'warly offset relationshipto wall 122 which defines an opening 120, andtsuitable threads 126 onthe external surface of neck 118.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, element 112 is attached directly to neck118 and closure cap 28 is eliminated. Element 112 includes a circular,substantially planar member 142, a plurality of frusto-conical,relatively closely spaced, substantially parallel fingers 144 extendingoutwardly from face 146 of member142 in substantially i unbreakable.

3 perpendicular relationship thereto, and an annular wall 148 extendingoutwardly from face 150 of member 142 in substantially perpendicularrelationship to the latter.

The innermost surface of wall 148 is internally threaded as at 138 in amanner so as to complementally engage. the threads 12.6 of neck 138. Itis notable that the outermost surface of wall 148 is disposed insubstantially fiush relationship with the outer surface of side wall122.

The operation of device 110 is exactly identical to that of device it?and material 136 may be removed from component 116 by merely unscrewingelement 112 to expose opening 120. Again it is to be pointed out thatcomponent 116 functions as a handle during use of element 112 to applymaterial 136 or to massage the scalp.

The invention illustrated fragmentarily in Fig. 4 is indicated broadlyby the numeral 210. Device 210 includes a brush element 212 andmaterial-receiving and brush structure 214.

, Device 23rd is different from devices 12 and 110 in that, it iscontemplated that'structure 214 be constructed of relatively stiffsynthetic resin material so.as .to present a relatively inflexible sidewall 222 which is substantially Structure 214 may be'provided with acharacteristics of device 210, the same is especially adapted forportable use, inasmuch as the same may be conveniently placed in apocket or the like without danger of breakage.

Elements 12, 112 and 212 may be formed of various materials, but it isparticularly contemplated that they be constructed of synthetic resinsubstances which are adapted for extrusion moulding or castingoperations. Fingers 44, 144 and 244 should be relatively flexible but ofsuflicient nonflexibility that the same will brush up hair or'the likein the proper manner without in any manner injuring the users hair orscalp.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

Hair grooming structure comprising an elongated, hollow handle having abottom wall, a relatively inflexible, cylindrical side wall, and anuppermost annular edge defining an opening, rendering the handleadaptable to receiving a hair grooming substance; a cover for saidopening comprising a disc-like element of flexible material having acircular edgeand a pair of opposed,,fiat, parallel surfaces, one of saidsurfaces normally engaging said edge of the handle, a downturned,annular side wall inshiftable bottom wall (not shown) to the end that material 236 :rnayzbe pushed outwardly through the neck 218 definingopening 220.

. Element 212 is fitted over neck 218 of structure 214 and includes asubstantially circular planar member 242 which has a plurality ofsubstantially parallel, closely.

spaced fingers 244 extending outwardly from face, 246 thereof.

Element 212 is also provided with a continuous side, wall 222 joined tothe peripheral edge of member 242 and extending-outwardly from face 250of member 242 in parallel relationship to fingers 244. Theinnermostsurface of peripheral wall 222 is provided with aninwardlyextending first bead 254 which is adapted to interlock with anoutwardly-extending second bead 2449 which is integral with theuppermost edge of neck 218. As clearly apparent in Fig. 4, the outermostsurface of bead-240 is inmaterial 236 may be removed from structure 214by merely pushing upwardly on fingerpiece 258 to remove element 212therefrom, whereupon material 236 may be pushed outwardly throughopening 220. Thereupon, ma terial 236 may be either applied directly tothe hair or to fingers 244, element 212 subsequently placed again uponneck 218, and then element 212 utilized to spread material 236 on thepersons' hair by fingers 244 through the hair. Because of thesubstantially non-breakable ch'ned and slopes outwardly as the uppermostedge of p tegralwith said element and. depending from said one sur facein surrounding relationship to the handle; a first bead integral withthe sidewall of thecover. and. surrounding the handle;a second beadintegral-,with'the handle and.

surrounding the latter adjacent said edge, the secondbead being clampedbetween'the' first beadandsaid onesure face, said beads having tightlyinterengaging,3dove-tailed surfaces whereby'the cover-snaps into placewhen mount ed 'on the handle; a finger piece integral with the'side wallof the cover and extending'radially outwardly therefrom for manuallysnapping the cover oil the handle; and scalp massaging and brushingmeans on said cover including a plurality of closely juxtaposed,identical fingers integral with said cover and extending outwardly fromthe outer of said surfaces of the element throughout substantially theentire area thereof, each finger being substantially a solid,truncatedcone' with the outermost apex and thereofdome-shaped. I

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